A nurse told us of the following... - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 10:31

A nurse told us of the following experience:

Many years ago there was a woman in our ward who was very seriously ill. One day she asked me, "Sister, must I die?" I answered, "I don't know. But you yourself know that your condition is serious. Are you ready to die? Is everything in order between you and God?"

Then she poured out her troubles: "Nothing is in order. I can't die yet. We have only just saved our firm from the brink of bankruptcy. And put some money aside for our later life. Until now I have known nothing but work. And then there is my partner. We only live together: we still have to get married. Sister, I mustn't die yet!"

She was nearing her end. Could I keep silent? I had to tell her about the Lord Jesus, His love and His work on the cross. I prayed with her and commended her to God.

Then she took my hand and said, "Sister, pray for my cat, too, that someone can be found to look after her." I was taken aback, but she pleaded with me: "Pray for my cat!" So I prayed for that woman's cat. When I went back to her bedside later, she lay in a coma. Shortly afterwards she died.

Whatever else she needed to put in order - it was too late! She clearly could not discern what was important and what was trivial at that late stage. Did she find her way to God? I do not know. A case of death has rarely shocked me as much as that one. How necessary it is to get things in order with God in time!

"Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation!" (2 Corinthians 6:2).

Today's reading: Jeremiah 44:1-10 · Romans 11:11-21